The Revision Of The Code Of Procedure In Administrative Courts

Decree-Law 214-G/2015 of 2 October (the "Decree") introduces a substantial revision of the Code of Procedure in Administrative Courts (CPAC)¹. The Decree also makes changes to various separate pieces of legislation that regulate or are connected with administrative procedure in order to bring them into line with the amendments to the CPAC. These include the Statute of the Administrative and Tax Courts, the Public Procurement Code, the Legal Framework of Planning and Construction, the Law of Procedural Participation and Popular Action, the Legal Framework of Administrative Supervision, the Law of Access to Administrative Documents and, finally, the Law of Access to Information on the Environment.